INTERPROVINCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5486, 11 February 1896, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

["Per Press Association.] NAPIEE, Feb. 11. Park, the postmaster at Taupo, was arrested, on the information of the Government auditor, charged with embezzling .£4OO. He has been released on bail, to appear*at Eotorua on Feb. 13. Dr J. Leahy, Superintendent of the Sydney Children's Hospital, has been appointed resident medical officer at the Napier Hospital, vice Dr Sweet, resigned. NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. 10. A man named Murray, who arrived by train this morning, attempted to commit suicide to-day by shooting himself with a revolver. He placed the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and fired. He is in a precarious state, and was taken to the hospital. He is a stranger in New Plymouth, and nothing is known of his antecedents. He fired the revolver at the rear of the Terminus Hotel. WANGANUI, Feb. 10. Jane Simpson, whose premises were last week raided by Sergeant Cullen and Constable Hope, was convicted on three charges of sly grog-selling and fined .£5 and costs in each case, the first and second charges being, on the application of the accused's solicitor, considered as one offence for the purposes of the fine, but costs to be paid on all three. WELLINGTON, Feb. 11. News has been received of the death in Western Australia, from sunstroke, of J. E. Messenger, formerly inspector of works at the forts in Wellington. He had only been there two months. He leaves a widow and two children in Wellington. The feud between the Mayor and Councillors goes merrily on. His Worship did not attend, and the meeting refused to adjourn, one member saying that the more they encouraged his absence the better they would get on, as so far his presence had not been conducive to the advancement of business. Mr T. Mills, wine and spirit merchant, a well-known resident, who came to Wellington in 1842, died last night from the effects of gout, aged sixty-eight. He was a brother of "Mr E. W. Mills, also a wellknown citizen. The Presbyterian General Assembly opens this evening, when the Moderator's address will be delivered. The Wellington Eowing Club.has entered a Junior Four for the Ladies' Plate event at the Christchurch Regatta. The Star Club will probably be represented by Bendall and Wiggins in the Double Sculls and Pairs. . DUNEDIN, Feb. 11. - At the monthly, meeting of the Dunedin Prohibition League last night, the follow-, ing resolution was unanimously parsed :— This League strongly protests against the flagrant attempts that are being made by the Premier, the Minister of Lands and the Colonial Treasurer to coerce the electors of Christchurch in their choice of a representative, and considers that they would be better employed in attending to the duties of their offices than in subverting the people's rights.